The Washington critic., 1887-05-20
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Six persons have been killed and robbed
In the vicinity Of Odrau, small town In
Austrian Silesia, by man who was recently
released from prison.
Abner G. Cody, one of the most expert
passers Of counterfeit money in the United
States, was arrested near Painted Post, N.
Y, Tuesday. Cody Is 72 years old, and has
been in the business since he was 10 years
old, and Government officers have been
hunting him for the past ten years without
success.
The Latham monument In memory OF tn.
Confederate dead was unveiled at Hopkins.
Vile, KY, yesterday. Hon. w. @. z. Breck.
enridge and Rev. DR.. Deems, the distin.
guished divine Of New York, delivered the
oratioDs. The monument was erected by
Mr.. John @. Latham Of New York, formerly
Of Hopkinsvllle.
J. s. Fine & Co., Chicago, have been re-
ceiving so much mail matter Within the
last few weeks that Inspector Kidder in
vestlgated the firm, and found it was
swindling concern that promised to send
5000 packages of ladei's wearing apparel
for sale on forty per cent. commission to
any one who would remit s..
At the annual meeting OF the Atlantic
and Pacific Railway In Boston yesterday,
the traffic agreement made with the Atchi-
SOD, Topeka and Santa Fe and the st. Louis
and San Francisco Railway Companies, and
the action Of the directors In authorizing
the issue of ''guaranteed trust gold bonds"
not to exceed $50, ,000, 600, were ratified.
L. T. Coyle or San Antonio, Texas, who
created sensation by going to the Alamo
with sledgo hammer and destroying the
statuette OF st. Theresa because 1t had an
Objectionable Masonic emblem on 1t, was
fixed 5000, and In default Of payment was
put in the chain.gang, but refused to work,
and Is now occupying bread-and.water
cell.
Hon. Benjamin Butterworth OF Ohio, who
In the last session Of Congress Introduced a
bill TO abolish all customs duties between
the United States and Canada, addressed a
large audience in New York last night on
"COmmercial Union" In response to an In
vItaiion from the Canadian Club, whose
| president is Erastus Wiman.
Both branches of the Pennsylvania Legis-
lature adjourned sine die yesterday. The
! House copcurred In the Senate amendments
| to the bill to regulate the employment OF
| labor and abolish the system of black listing
employees, and the bill was finally passed.
| In the Senate the Senatorial apportionment
bill was defeated on final passage 20,
nays II.
Issued yesterday against the firm of Glen,
Taylor & Co., morocco dealers of Philadel-
phia. One Of the firm says that the judg-
| ments were given to enable two members
| Of the firm to get out without giving six
months notice, as required by the part
nership agreement. He says that the firm
| can pay dollar for dollar and have Sl5, 200
surplus, but the judgments will be contested
| as unauthorized.
GREAT French duetists at Kernan's.
The coroner and jury who made the In
| quest in the case Of the murdered girl whose
body was found near Railway, N. j., several
| weeks ago, were yesterday presented by the
| Union County grand inquest for trifling with
their duty by bringing second verdict,
charging witness In the case and a reporter
with being cranks, and asking that they be
confined In jail for 80 days.